Nursery Practitioner

Manor Farm Day Nursery Level 3 Practitioner Monday to Friday – Mornings – 20–25 hours per week Salary: £13.01 per hour Why Join Us? £400 Qualification bonus – paid after 6 months Annual Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays Employee discount / Childcare: 75% off nursery fees for our team members Health & wellbeing programme: Confidential employee assistance helpline available and mental health first aid trained staff Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth Company Pension Scheme Referral Programme: Recommend a friend for a role and if they are successful receive a cash bonus On-Site Parking / Free Parking Qualification Essential Manor Farm Day Nursery has the fantastic opportunity for a Level 3 Practitioner to join the Manor Farm family on a full‑time basis working 40 hours per week. About Manor Farm: Our nursery is a beautiful listed building and has extensive gardens for the children to explore. We are very proud to be rated GOOD by Ofsted and have retained this rating for the last 10 years With a capacity for 62 children across 4 beautiful rooms. We are located just off of the A1 with good routes north and south. Sandy has great public transport links via bus and train. Our nursery is open from 7.30am – 18:00pm and we would require you to be able to work varied shift patterns between those times. Nursery Practitioner main duties and responsibilities : Provide stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments, and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development. Understand and ensure that the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS are met. Ensure the highest levels of cleanliness and hygiene in the nursery and promote these daily in every routine. Undertake any other duties to ensure the smooth running of the nursery, and the safety and wellbeing of children, staff, and families. Maintain strictly professional relationships and report any complaints or concerns to management in accordance with company policy and procedures. Facilitate a strong key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and cover all children daily when colleagues are absent. Attend regular team meetings to ensure that you remain updated on key priorities, changes, developments and regularly review company policies and procedures. Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added. Requirements and skills: Full and relevant Level 3 childcare qualification – essential Fluent in written and spoken English – essential Over 1 year’s experience of working in Early Years – desirable Knowledge of the Statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements – desirable We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty. Manor Farm Day Nursery is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti‑discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group. #J-18808-Ljbffr